Summary:
For the same project, Maharashtra farmers are getting more compensation, while Gujarat farmers are not getting amount as per market rates,” Khedut Samaj leader Jayesh Patel said. AdvertisingKatsuo Matsumoto, the chief representative of JICA, met hundreds of affected farmers of Surat, Navsari and Valsad districts at Amadpore village in Navsari. A farmer of Kacholi village in Navsari, told the visiting representatives that their houses will be destroyed by the project. Farm labourers working in our fields will lose their jobs,” said Siddharth Desai on whose farm JICA representatives met the farmers. President of Gujarat unit of Khedut Samaj, Jayesh Patel, farmer leader Darshan Naik and their lawyer Anand Yagnik were also present..